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Random music news for Tuesday, September 17, 2019

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC-DC, Birdman, Cook Islands, Courtney Love, Die Antwoord, Headphones, Internet Troll, Jeffrey Epstein, Leaving Neverland, Michael Jacksn, MMF, NPR, Podcasts, Prince Andrew, Redd Kross, Rodd Kross, Smart Speakers

Again, apologies for any erratic posting schedules this week, but I’ll do my best to keep things on track. Here’s

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A Totally Scientific View on 2018’s Best Albums (Part 2)

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments 2018, Album of the Year, Anthony Fantano, Best Album, Best Record, Consequence of Sound, Editorial, End of Year, KEXP, NME, Noisey, NPR, Record of the Year, Rolling Stone

Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat

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A Totally Scientific View on 2018’s Best Albums (Part 1)

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 Mathew Kahansky 2 Comments 2018, Album of the Year, Anthony Fantano, Best Album, Best Record, Consequence of Sound, Editorial, End of Year, KEXP, NME, Noisey, NPR, Record of the Year, Rolling Stone

Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT

A failed experiment in listening to too much music

January 20, 2018January 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments NPR, Too Much Music

Anyone with an Internet connection can instantly access somewhere around 40 million songs from all eras of recorded music history.

Medical Mysteries of Music

Learning Music Could Help With Literacy. Listen to this NPR Podcast

July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments literacy, long listen, Music, Music and the Brain, Music Lessons, neurobiology, NPR

Not only is music interesting to listen to, but its effects on the human brain is fascinating. Music can help

Random Music News for Friday, April 29, 2016

April 29, 2016April 29, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments American Idol, Apple Music, Beatboxing, Burlington, Elora, Grateful Dead, Kate Mullady, Monkees, Noel Gallagher, NPR, Phil Lesh, Riverfest, Rivers Cuomo, Sound of Music, Weeze

Did you know there was an experimental 3D TV broadcast on this date in 1953? Neither did I. And now,

Random Music News for Thursday, December 17, 2015

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Apple Music, Azealia Banks, Beethoven, Billy Joel, Coheed and Cambria, Cover Version, Cranberries, Delores O’Riordan, Grammy Awards, LL Cool J, Madison Square Garden, Nine Inch Nails, NPR, Spotify, Taylor Swift, The Railway Club, Zaphod Beeblebrox

The Douglas DC-3 took to the air for the first time on this day in 1935. A lot of these

Narcocorridos and El Chapo: Truth-Tellers or Glorifiers?

July 19, 2015July 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments El Chapo, Narcocorridos, NPR

How the hell did someone built a mile-long lighted, ventilated prison escape tunnel with no one noticing? That’s just one

How Good Are Your Ears When it Comes to Audio Quality? Take This Test.

June 4, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments Audio Test, High Quality Audio, NPR, Streaming Music Services

I’ve long lamented about people just don’t care about high-fidelity sound anymore. MP3s played through cheap earbuds are good enough

It Doesn’t Get More Punk Than This. I Think.

March 27, 2015March 26, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gerson Govea, NPR, Punk Rock, Radio Ambulante, Radiolab

Here’s a program from NPR that deals with Cuban punk rockers who deliberately infected themselves with AIDS so they could

NPR Asks: What’s Your Spinal Tap Moment

October 2, 2014 Larry Lootsteen 2 Comments moment, NPR, Spinal Tap

I remember seeing Billy Idol at Massey Hall in Toronto way back when. He was so drunk he was flopping